Bills in the 2020–2021 Session, General Assembly.
Kevin J. Rooney
Sponsored
Passed the General Assembly1
Requires publication of certain information related to toll discounts on E-ZPass website.
Out of committee3
Requires State entities to recycle certain materials and provide recycling bins in State buildings.
Authorizes creation of special license plates commemorating horse as State animal.
Raises pay for election workers to $300 per day; appropriates $7,000,000 to Department of State. *
In committee46
Requires public utility requesting rate increase to hold public hearings in every county.
Permits board of chosen freeholders to establish "Sharing Resources" grant and loan program to encourage shared services and municipal consolidation.
Establishes grant program for school districts to develop in-district and collaborative special education programs and services to reduce need to place classified students out-of-district.
Provides Student Population Density Aid to certain public school districts.
Establishes certain exceptions for emergency personnel operating personal watercraft while providing rescue services.
Establishes measures to improve transparency and accountability of regional authorities of this State; enhances oversight of those authorities by Governor and State Comptroller.
Amends definition of "harassment, intimidation, or bullying" in "Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act."
Requires State to award certain property tax credits as rebates.
Requires MVC to offer driver's license knowledge test in Italian.
Requires prescriptions for animals to be issued in name of animal owner; prohibits unnamed persons from possessing prescribed drugs; and requires Prescription Monitoring Program to include information about controlled substances prescribed by veterinarian
Mandates that "Honor and Remember Flag" be displayed at certain public buildings.
Extends "Epinephrine Access and Emergency Treatment Act" to include administration of epinephrine auto-injector devices by individuals in possession of devices pursuant to personal prescriptions.
Exempts State residents 65 years of age and older from certain hunting, trapping, and fishing fees and license requirements.
The "New Jersey Right to Home Defense Law."
Prohibits Dept. of Agriculture from regulating minimum property size required per number of honeybee hives.
Requires cable television companies to provide faster Internet access speed to certain customers.
Limits use of paperless ticketing systems.
Requires cable television companies to provide cable television service and broadband Internet speed to all committed service areas before cable television companies allow paid prioritization of Internet network traffic.
Prohibits circumventing security measures for certain online ticket sales.
Authorizes medical marijuana for treatment of substance use disorder; authorizes all patients to be dispensed medical marijuana in edible form.
Regulates performance of pet grooming services.
Exempts law enforcement and certain other emergency personnel from liability for breaking into motor vehicle to rescue animal under certain circumstances.
Prohibits use of schools as polling places.
Authorizes first responders to obtain, administer, and dispense opioid antidotes, with immunity, pursuant to Statewide standing order issued by State health official; makes clarifying changes to "Overdose Prevention Act."
Increases age of dependent for whom gross income tax exemption for higher education expenses may be claimed from under 22 years to under 25 years.
Requires certain cable television companies renewing system-wide franchise to make cable television service available within certain municipalities.
Creates "Congestion Pricing Cost Relief Commission."
Requires DOT to provide additional information in annual report on pavement condition and conduct pavement lifecycle cost analysis; make report available to public.
Requires certain candidates for employment with DOE to undergo criminal history background check.
Requires transportation network companies to provide riders with certain information and to issue illuminated identifying markers; requires MVC to create transportation network company driver database.
Prohibits MVC from charging service fees for online services.
Establishes "New Jersey Alzheimer's Disease Master Plan Study Commission."
Permits licensed motor vehicle dealers to facilitate issuance of titles and registrations for used motor vehicles purchased by private sale.
Authorizes certain county fire coordinators to display emergency warning lights on vehicles.
Authorizes issuance of classic NJ license plates.
Enhances penalty for failure to stop and report hitting, running over, or injuring of certain animals with motor vehicle where animal is killed.
Prohibits use of deposit funds by event venues for certain purposes; establishes certain requirements for event venues during declared public health emergencies.
Exempts medical alert devices and services from sales and use tax.
Requires installation of safety gates, lights, and other safety upgrades at certain railroad crossings.
Prohibits Institutional Abuse Investigation Unit investigators from interviewing certain children without prior parental consent.
Requires municipalities to hold referendum to approve reduction or reallocation of funding or resources for certain law enforcement agencies.
Requires child care center vehicles to be equipped with alarm system prompting driver to inspect vehicle for children left unattended in vehicle.
Designates Suicide Awareness & Remembrance flag as official State flag.
Prohibits teaching staff members from inputting information and conversations regarding individually identifiable health information into third party software applications managed by entities engaging in partisan political activity.
Defines cyberstalking and provides criminal penalties for persons who make an electronic threat to kill, do bodily harm, commit an act of terrorism or conduct mass shootings.
Provides up to $120 for completing election worker training each year.
Carried from the Senate
Passed the Senate1
Raises pay for election workers to $300 per day; appropriates $7,000,000 to Department of State. ***
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Prohibits municipal licensure of children operating temporary businesses.
Revises provisions of State law concerning claiming and proper disposal of cremains of veterans and eligible spouses or dependents.
Concerns delivery and sale of alcoholic beverages during declared state of emergency; requires ABC director to notify licensees of certain tax exemptions during emergency.**
Requires State to enter into contract and coordinate with certain cooperative purchasing systems for procurement of COVID-19 related goods and services by school districts.***
Authorizes MVC to use stored driver's license or identification card photo for longer than eight years; limits certain appointment times at MVC locations to senior citizens and persons with certain medical conditions during COVID-19 pandemic.*
Permits municipalities to authorize programs encouraging local shopping through property tax rewards; validates certain related municipal actions.*
Vetoed · 1
Concerns approval process for personal protective equipment and State stockpiles of personal protective equipment.*
Passed the General Assembly · 7
Immunizes from civil liability first responders who forcibly enter property to provide emergency assistance.
Provides for reciprocity of certain out-of-State EMT certification.
Includes crime of creating false public alarms as form of bias intimidation.
Requires suicide prevention training for mental health practitioners.
Increases allowance paid to war veterans with certain service-connected disabilities. *
Provides enhanced penalty for distribution of counterfeit drugs and medical devices during declared states of emergency.
Increases penalty for "bombing" online meeting or teleconference under certain circumstances.
Out of committee · 17
Concerns baked goods sold at farm markets.
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Prohibits sale of cosmetic products that have been tested on animals.
Requires issuance of one free copy of birth certificate to military veteran.
Requires DEP, DOH, DCA, owners or operators of public water systems, and owners or operators of certain buildings to take certain actions to prevent and control cases of Legionnaires' disease.
Requires certain student identification cards to contain telephone number for suicide prevention hotline.
Expands training for judges, law enforcement officers and assistant county prosecutors concerning handling of domestic violence cases. *
Suspends fines for certain first-time paperwork violations committed by small businesses.
Makes pilot program for special occasion events at wineries on preserved farmland permanent program.*
"New Jersey Ticket Consumer Choice Act."
Delays mandatory retirement in SPRS when it would occur during period of state of emergency; extends eligibility for appointment as member of State Police and enrollment in SPRS for 160th Class of State Police Academy.*
Authorizes pharmacists to order and administer test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) consistent with federal guidance; requires health benefits and Medicaid coverage for tests.*
Requires certain group homes to install electronic monitoring devices in common areas, upon request and with uniform resident consent, and to permit consensual use of such devices in private rooms.*
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2021.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2021.
Appropriates $30 million to EDA from federal "Coronavirus Relief Fund" to assist food establishments impacted by Executive Order No. 158.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on history and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.
In committee · 112
Extends certain federal income tax advantages of individual health savings accounts to individual taxpayers under the New Jersey gross income tax.
"Madison Holleran Proper Reporting Act"; requires institutions of higher education to post information on student suicides and attempted suicides on website.
Revises and updates public utility franchise process; allows State's political subdivisions to revoke franchises; increases certain penalties.
Requires physician to offer to test patient for dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency prior to patient undergoing chemotherapy.
Removes 48-hour provision for acceptance of ballots postmarked by election day; increases penalties for violation of ballot messenger and bearer limits and candidate prohibition.
Clarifies definition of reasonably necessary deviation when legally transporting firearm or weapon in motor vehicle.
"New Jersey Safe Haven for Protection of Domestic Companion Animals Act."
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Establishes certain requirements for 9-1-1 public safety answering points and public safety dispatch points.
Permits application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained after January 2003 while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
"P.I.C.K. Awareness Act"; authorizes issuance of special support recovery license plates.
Allows certain sole proprietors to join a small employer health benefits purchasing alliance.
Extends certain civil service and tuition benefits to family members of servicemembers who died while in service.
Creates offense of making false child abuse report; permits assessment of penalty.
Requires defendants charged with certain crimes to be placed in home confinement prior to trial.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires accountability of NJSPCA and county societies for prevention of cruelty to animals to Attorney General and county prosecutors, respectively.
Requires third-party disbursement service organization that contracts with local government unit or board of education to post bond against failure to meet obligations.
Revises law concerning disposition of assets of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals that has dissolved or has had its charter revoked, canceled, or suspended.
Designates Seeing Eye® dog as State Dog.
Authorizes NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2018; allocates funds from Local Aid Infrastructure Fund for operating and administrative expenses for transportation
Allows municipality to issue permits to sell alcoholic beverages in residential redevelopment areas.
Allows certain drug dealing offenses to be graded by "units," rather than weight, of controlled dangerous substances.
Permits counties to establish a central municipal drug court.
Requires telecommunications service providers to provide call mitigation technology to subscribers.
Prohibits certain actions relative to endangered and threatened plant species; directs DEP commissioner to take certain actions to protect endangered and threatened plant species.
Waives business formation and registration fees for establishment of businesses owned by veterans.
Requires certain health care plans to be offered by SEHBP and local boards of education; requires SEHBP commission to establish employee contribution rates for certain plans; requires local boards of education provide certain information on health care be
Prohibits the sale of adulterated candy in New Jersey.
Requires limited liability companies to make certain disclosures concerning ownership.
Prohibits campaign expenditures to entities whose principals cannot be readily identified.
Requires dealership to notify buyers of recalls on used motor vehicles for sale.
Requires DOT to conduct study and issue report on use of rock salt on roadways.
Imposes motor vehicle penalty points for certain violations of "move over law"; establishes public awareness campaign; designated as "Slow Down or Move Over, It's the Law Act."
Concerns prescriptions of certain schedule II controlled dangerous substances and opioids.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain expenses paid or incurred for care and support of qualifying senior family member; designated as Caregiver's Assistance Act.
Requires certain notifications and free credit reports for customers following breach of security of personal information within business or public entity.
Prohibits transportation network companies from engaging in surge pricing during state of emergency.
Establishes "Monica's Law" requiring evidence-based risk assessments in certain domestic violence cases.
Requires training for law enforcement officers and county prosecutors concerning handling of domestic violence cases.
Establishes Statewide program to provide treatment services for children exposed to domestic violence.
Exempts certain properties acquired by municipalities from county, school, and fire district taxes immediately upon aquisition.
Establishes "Affordable Housing Obligation Study Commission."
Requires COAH to administer affordable housing obligations of municipalities based on statewide obligation.
Authorizes municipal challenge to non-redevelopment housing projects ordered by COAH unless order is based on exclusionary zoning; excludes flood-prone land from affordable housing vacant land analysis; provides housing obligation cap.
Requires COAH to calculate affordable housing obligations on Statewide basis.
Establishes additional factors for municipal adjustment used in calculating fair share affordable housing obligations; provides population-based cap for these obligations.
Prohibits affordable housing obligation exemptions for urban aid municipalities.
Prohibits imposition of builder's remedy in exclusionary zoning litigation.
Establishes procedures for disqualification from public office or employment upon conviction of certain crimes; creates registry.
Establishes Volunteer Emergency Responder Loan Redemption Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriation of $2 million for William Paterson University of New Jersey.
Makes desecration of a military monument a crime of the third degree.
"Emma's Law"; requires school buses that transport students with special needs to be equipped with certain safety features.
Requires school security training for persons employed by public and nonpublic schools in substitute capacity and for employees and volunteers of youth programs operated in school buildings.
Makes certain for-profit debt adjusters eligible for licensing to conduct business in State.
"Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act"; bans abortion 20 weeks or more after fertilization.
Revises "New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act" to prohibit smoking at certain outdoor public places.
Requires telemarketers to provide name, mailing address, and telephone number of person on whose behalf call is made.
Requires certain public utilities to provide customers notice of certain utility work that could impact traffic.
Authorizes use of certain constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for grants for prevention and remediation of harmful algal blooms.
Revises procedures for securing permit to carry handgun.
Upgrades penalties for certain crimes committed during a state of emergency.
Establishes the State Debt Capacity Advisory Commission.
Provides gross income tax deduction to surviving spouses of certain veterans.
Provides automatic effective rating for certain school district employees for whom annual summative evaluation is not conducted in any school year in order to protect tenure achievement timeline.
Gradually reduces CBT rate.
Expands authority of emergency management departments in requesting assistance outside normal territorial jurisdictions.
Limits to 14 days effective period of certain emergency orders, rules, or regulations.
"Murphy's Law"; nullifies Governor's order, rule, or regulation to address declared emergency, or relevant portion thereof, when Governor violates same; creates affirmative defense to prosecution for same violation committed by Governor.
Requires registered voters to present identification when voting at polling place.
Permits certain drivers' schools to conduct road tests.
Establishes fund to reimburse municipalities for police costs related to crowding at MVC sites; appropriates $500,000.
Prohibits government entity or school from requiring influenza vaccinations for persons who are 18 years of age or younger.
Appropriates $30 million to EDA from federal "Coronavirus Relief Fund" to assist certain live entertainment venues.
Authorizes any member of the Legislature to perform all functions of notary public.
Exempts poll worker wages from affecting unemployment compensation.
Allows gross income tax deduction for taxpayers who pay for childcare costs for qualifying children doing remote learning as result of COVID-19 pandemic.
Requires MVC to waive convenience fee charged for online transactions during COVID-19 public health emergency and state of emergency.
Requires electric public utilities to establish interest-free revolving loan program to help residential customers purchase standby emergency power generators.
Concerns approval process for personal protective equipment and State stockpiles of personal protective equipment.
Expands epinephrine access laws to include epinephrine nasal sprays.
Requires studies on impact of COVID-19 pandemic on elementary and secondary school attendance and higher education enrollment.
Requires school districts to establish procedures for online reporting of harassment, intimidation, and bullying.
Limits "tobacco and vapor products tax" on cigars to up to $0.50 per cigar.
Exempts protective face coverings from sales and use tax.
Provides gross income tax credits for certain education and child care expenditures incurred by taxpayers with qualifying children engaged in virtual or remote instruction because of COVID-19 pandemic.
Exempts protective face coverings from sales and use tax during public health emergencies.
Prohibits State aid and grants to municipalities that reduce law enforcement budgets by certain amount.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to support establishment of criminal justice career academies in public high schools.
Restricts establishment of mandates to become vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); establishes reimbursement program to cover certain out-of-pocket costs incurred in obtaining COVID-19 vaccine.
Permits paramedics to administer vaccines during outbreaks of communicable diseases.
Exempts sales of investment metal bullion and certain investment coins from sales and use tax.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability.
Provides that if minor under age 18 unlawfully buys or possesses alcoholic beverages or cannabis and receives written warning from law enforcement, the minor's parent or guardian would be notified in writing.
Revises emergency care services referral standards for providers of telemedicine and telehealth.
Allows current and former judicial officers, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers and certain family or household members to register to vote without disclosing residential address; prohibits public disclosure of that information.
Dedicates State reserve of certain federal funds to in-person and hybrid school districts.
Redistributes fiscal year 2023 transportation and security aid from remote school districts to in-person school districts.
Requires portable anti-choking devices be placed in schools.
Prohibits discrimination against individuals who have not received COVID-19 vaccine.
Requires State entities engaging in projects resulting in deforestation of any size to submit plan to DEP for no net loss of forested areas.
Permits excused absences for students who attend civic events.
Provides employment protections for certain medical professionals diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Authorizes SDA to fund COVID-19 related school facilities projects.
Authorizes purchaser of automobile by private sale to operate automobile for three-day period following purchase without permanent registration or transfer of title.
Requires public schools to post curriculum plans online; requires school districts to make textbooks or other materials used in implementing curriculum plans available for inspection by parents and legal guardians.
Prohibits mandatory mask use at youth camps.
Prohibits selective suspension of candidates for elective office by social websites.
Requires electric, gas, and water public utilities to disseminate outage information to customers through autodialed telephone call, text message, and electronic mail alert service.
Requires certain public utilities to publicize information concerning bill payment assistance programs.
Filed · 1
Affords employment protection to certain emergency medical responders.